Lindsay Lorenz Researcher, Author at Providence Business News

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RECYCLED GOODS: Bob Gaw, right, president of Physicians Resource Network, speaks with Steven Hipolito, a sales and logistics employee at the company. According to Gaw, the company’s warehouse has enough equipment to outfit six hospitals. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCY

One doctor’s trash, another’s savior

Entrepreneurship 06/01/2013

In an old mill building in Fall River, Bob Gaw has a collection of medical equipment that encompasses everything from beds and stretchers to...

R.I. has stake in F-35 Lightning program

Capital Goods 05/18/2013

Elected officials and others representing the region’s defense industry recently crowded around the cockpit of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, waiting their turns to...

SLIGHT DETOUR: Patty Zacks, owner of The Camera Werks on Hope Street, said the restart of road construction surprised her and some neighboring businesses. / PBN PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

Frustration building over Hope Street road work

Capital Goods 04/27/2013

After a winter respite, sewer-line installation along Providence’s Hope Street has returned, along with traffic detours, parking woes and inconveniences to pedestrians, all of...

SMALL PACKAGES: Andy Cutler, founder of Cutler & Co. and Smaller Cities Unite!, says that one of Providence’s greatest attributes is its one degree of separation, which comes because of its size. / COURTESY CUTLER & CO.

Effort to better ‘connect’ city lands in Copenhagen

Economic Activity 04/13/2013

Andy Cutler, founder of Cutler & Co., has spent the past two years and plenty of his own money working on an initiative that...

Nurse residency program seen improving patient care

Economic Activity 04/06/2013

The current demand for nurses is only expected to grow in the coming years. Add to that the challenges of a changing health care...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Pablo Fernandez, a native of Argentina and co-founder of SkillHound, awaits his turn to pitch his company at a Betaspring event for its newest class of startup companies and business hopefuls. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Betaspring attracting applicants from around globe

Business Services 03/30/2013

Winter storm Nemo made for a less-than-ideal welcome for some member’s of Betaspring’s latest cohort, which, for the first time, includes three teams from...

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: The recession presented opportunity for the then-fledgling Gurnet Consulting, which gained momentum in 2008 and 2009. Pictured above are Thomas Streicher, left, company enterprise-operations head, and Martin King, founder and CEO. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Tying technology to customer needs

Entrepreneurship 03/30/2013

In 2007, Martin King started project-management-services firm Gurnet Consulting from his kitchen table. He had recently left a steady, full-time job to go out...

MAKING $ENSE: Jim Hedemark, executive director of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition, said that the best approach is to listen to what is best for each school based on what their needs are. / COURTESY R.I. JUMP$TART COALITION

Unified voice needed to grow student financial literacy

Financial Services 03/30/2013

After nine years of organizing, advocating for and expanding financial-literacy initiatives in Rhode Island, Jim Hedemark will soon be leaving his post as the...